or maybe, sometimes just having a place to vent helps to relieve the frustration....

just my .02

A place to vent can be good. But its advantage is only if one is also willing to deal with the problem directly. One of the major problems of the internet is that people are often willing to take advice from total strangers while rejecting those whom are traditionally and historically in a position to help.

Back to the specific issue here - Penn should try and talk to the smokers who are creating the hardship. By all means feel free to share with others (us) how the situation is unfolding or even to seek out how others might deal with the issue, but to vent to strangers while at the same time not dealing with the matter will ultimately be detrimental to Penn's emotional well-being.

__________________ "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

apparently I have a reputation as to being "not quite right" so people leave me alone. My 17 year old asked me the other day why I have no trespassing signs posted and Bing has put welcome signs underneath them.

I find that it's even better to walk across the yard holding my AR-15 with the 16 inch barrel and all the furniture on it. With a full magazine as well.

don't make them "think" you're craze, make them "know" you're crazy.

i thought about trying this once. Well, something similar to this at least. I was going to go check the mail in my underwear, cowboy boots, a belt and my holster(with gun). I decided that would be a bit off the deep end though, as there are too many young eyes that walk up and down the street.